August

Year

Month

Type

Name

Description

month

2006

August

Award

DeVore

Dr. Thomas C. DeVore (Professor, Chemistry) received the 2006 Ronald T. Pflaum Outstanding Chapter Adviser Award from Alpha Chi Sigma Fraternity, the national professional chemistry fraternity, during the national conclave held at the University of California at Los Angeles. The award, which was instituted in 1992, is presented each biennium to a chapter adviser in recognition of ongoing contributions to the success of a chapter and continuing service to the interest of the fraternity.

08

2006

August

Service

Nash

Carole L. Nash (Adjunct Assistant Professor, Anthropology) was appointed by Gov. Timothy Kaine to the Virginia Council on Indians, the advisory board to the governor and General Assembly on Indian issues; she is the first archaeologits appointed to the council.

08

2006

August

Publication

Eksterowicz

Dr. Anthony J. Eksterowicz (Professor, Political Science) and Robert P. Watson of Florida Atlantic University have published the second edition of "The Presidential Companion: Readings on the First Ladies," a book they edited for the University of South Carolina Press. The updated edition of the 2003 book includes new chapters on the first ladyship of Laura Bush and on analyzing public perceptions of Bush and Hillary Clinton.

08

2006

August

Publication

Pham

Dr. J. Peter Pham (Director, Nelson Institute for International and Public Affairs; Assistant Professor, Justice Studies, Political Science and Africana Studies; Research Fellow, Institute for Infrastructure and Information Assurance) wrote an invited review of Gabriel Kolko's "The Age of War: The United States Confronts the World," which was published in American Foreign Policy Interests 28, no. 4, August 2006.

08

2006

August

Publication

Stone

Dr. John D. Stone (Associate Professor, Communication Studies) wrote "Public Relations Management: From Philosophy to Practice," a book published in August by Custom Publishing.

08

2006

August

Grant

Barlow

Dennis C. Barlow (Director, Mine Action Information Center) received $65,140 from the U.S. Department of State to collect relevant materials and information on casualty data and mine action planning to use to develop lessons learned, best practices and case studies for a guidebook.

08

2006

August

Grant

Beverly

Dr. Cheryl L. Beverly (Associate Professor, Exceptional Education) received $73,000 from the Virginia Department of Education for "Partnership for Preparation of Highly Qualified and Collaborative Middle/High School General and Special Educators."

08

2006

August

Grant

Campbell

Sgt. Margaret A. Campbell (Crime Prevention and Special Events Coordinator, Police and Safety) received $7,500 from the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control for the fifth year of ABC Operation Undergrad, a program to decrease high-risk behavior and criminal activity associated with the use of alcohol.

08

2006

August

Grant

Critzer

Penelope Critzer (Director, Shenandoah Valley Child Development Clinic) received $277,212 from the Virginia Department of Health to provide services to children with special healthcare needs.

08

2006

August

Grant

DuVal

Thomas E. DuVal (General Manager, WMRA-FM) received $20,191 from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to provide a radio community service grant.

08

2006

August

Grant

Evans

Dr. Steven W. Evans (Director, Alvin V. Baird Learning Disabilities Center; Professor, Psychology) received $122,087 from the Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation for "The Development and Implementation Assessment of a Tobacco Use Prevention Model for Youth with Psychiatric Disorders."

Dr. Ronald W. Raab (Associate Professor, Integrated Science and Technology) received $17,500 from the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases to use Bacillus anthracis gene CapD DNA as starting material to either subclone the gene into protein expression vectors or to develop a purification scheme for use with agency-produced expression vector clones.

08

2006

August

Grant

Reed

Dr. Vicki A. Reed (Head and Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders) received $5,000 from the Blue Ridge Speech and Hearing Center of Loudoun County Inc. to establish a scholarship for a graduate speech-language pathology student in the externship semester of the master's program.

08

2006

August

Grant

Rosser

Dr. J. Barkley Rosser Jr. (Kirby L. Cramer Chair of Business Administration; Professor, Economics) received $1,036 from the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization to provide editorial services for the professional journal.

08

2006

August

Grant

Santos

Dr. Karen E. Santos (Professor, Exceptional Education) received $10,000 from the Virginia Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development to enhance learning outcomes for all students by increasing active co-planning and effective co-teaching by general and special education teachers in Staunton City Schools.

08

2006

August

Grant

Williams

Dr. Jacqueline A. Williams (Professor, Kinesiology) received $11,711 from Rockingham County Public Schools for a graduate assistantship.

08

2006

August

Presentation

Mittal

Dr. Sushil Mittal (Associate Professor, Philosophy and Religion; Director, Mahatma Gandhi Center for Global Nonviolence) presented "Hinduism and Peace" at the Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture at Uzanbazar, India, in June. During the conference, Mittal represented JMU in the signing of an agreement between the university and Gauhati University for joint research, collaboration and exchange of scholars and students.

08

2006

August

Presentation

Pham

Dr. J. Peter Pham (Director, Nelson Institute for International and Public Affairs; Assistant Professor, Justice Studies, Political Science and Africana Studies; Research Fellow, Institute for Infrastructure and Information Assurance) presented "No Longer Optional: Terrorism and Africa's Significance to U.S. Security" at a plenary session of the First International Conference on Combating and Preventing Terrorism in Africa, which met Aug. 29-31 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The conference, the first of its kind to be held in Africa, brought together diplomats, parliamentarian, military officers and other government officials from African, European and North American countries as well as academics and representatives of non-governmental organizations from the three continents to discuss past and present counter terrorism efforts in Africa.

08

2006

August

Service

Nash

Carole L. Nash (Adjunct Assistant Professor, Integrated Science and Technology) has been appointed to the Virginia Council on Indians by Gov. Tim Kaine. Nash is the first archaeologist to be appointed to the council, an advisory board to the governor and the General Assembly.

08

2006

August

Service

Sproles

Dr. Karyn Z. Sproles (Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies; Professor, English) has been elected to serve on the Association of General and Liberal Studies Executive Council for 2006-08. AGLS is a national organization dedicated to promoting the quality and centrality of general and liberal education in the United States and abroad.